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Information × Registration Number 0217U002331, 0116U006930 , R & D reports Title The emergence of symbolic behavior in the Eastern Europe. Stage 2: Treatment of non-utilitarian artifacts by optical and confocal microscopy, colorimetry, SEM-EDS, XRF, XRD, FTIR, Raman, PIXE - Pige. Search in the collections for additional materials and their appropriate treatment. Preparation of intermediate results of the project for the publication popup.stage_title Head Stepanchuk Vadym Mykolaiovych, Registration Date 06-02-2017 Organization Institute of Archaeology National Ukrainian Acadamy of Sciences popup.description2 The project is aimed to study the earliest evidence of symbolic behaviour occurred in Eastern Europe, after Ukrainian data. Ochre objects, ochre stained artefacts, engraved bone pieces dated, generally, to the chronological period between 130 000 and 25 000 years ago are analysed. Verification and detailed description of the oldest occurrences of non-utilitarian (spiritual, symbolic) activity of the ancient population of the territory of Ukraine is conducted in aspects of culture, history and technology. In particular, the objects recovered at the sites of Zaskalnaya VI (Kolosovskaya), Zaskalnaya V, Mira, Medzhibozh and others were studied. For the first time the artefact of Mousterian age (ornamented raven radius) was subjected to the method that ensures the objectivity of interpretation of archaeological data. The data concerning the technical and morphological parameters of revealed natural pigments was accumulated, features of their transformation and utilisation were studied, and specificity of raw materials was characterized. As a result of total revision a row of new objects of non-utilitarian activity of Crimean Neanderthals was evidenced, in particular a claw phalange of eagle with cutmarks. The database is elaborated, which will continue to be processed in detail. Product Description popup.authors Вєтров Денис Олександрович popup.nrat_date 2020-04-02 Close